Catalog Search Results
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This classic best seller vividly illustrates different management styles in action. Tony Spence is the epitome of the autocratic manager. Shouting and swearing, he bullies and generally humiliates his team of sales people. By contrast, supermarket personnel manager June takes a more bureaucratic approach, strictly applying the rules and regulations. Consultative manager Geoff believes in the human touch and says his door is always open. Marketing...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Southwest Airlines started with a simple idea, and managed to stick with it through decades of unprecedented growth. According to Colleen Barrett, customers return because they like the experience and they like the way they are treated. And how do you keep them satisfied? By keeping your employees satisfied. Barrett spends 70-80% of her time ensuring that her employees are valued as people, and encouraged to do the right thing rather than doing things...
4) Never check e-mail in the morning: and other unexpected strategies for making your work life work
Author
Publisher
Fireside
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
How do growth leaders such as Procter & Gamble, GE, and Amazon consistently achieve above-average organic growth? These companies pursue a disciplined, systematic process that distributes innovations across a spectrum of risk, ensuring that they balance incremental growth with breakthrough opportunities. For most companies, notes Professor Day, minor innovations make up 85% to 90% of their development portfolios. While necessary for continuous improvement,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED
The legendary Eat That Frog! (more than 1.5 million copies sold worldwide and translated into 42 languages) will change your life. There just isn't enough time for everything on our "To Do" list—and there never will be. Successful people don't try to do everything. They learn to focus on the most important tasks and make sure they get done.
There's an old saying that if the first thing you do each morning...
The legendary Eat That Frog! (more than 1.5 million copies sold worldwide and translated into 42 languages) will change your life. There just isn't enough time for everything on our "To Do" list—and there never will be. Successful people don't try to do everything. They learn to focus on the most important tasks and make sure they get done.
There's an old saying that if the first thing you do each morning...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Key topics: Leaders, Managers, Autocratic managers, Democratic managers, Laissez-Faire managers, Paternalistic managers, Theory X and Y managers. What's the difference between a leader and a manager? What kinds of managers are there? What are the problems of managing in the real world?
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Day-to-day routines in health care often involve issues in risk management. This program will provide your assistants with an understanding of their role and responsibility in recognizing, reporting and addressing risks in the different health care settings.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
How can corporations get the most out of their employees? Charles O'Reilly challenges the prevailing wisdom that companies must chase and acquire top talent in order to remain successful. He argues that companies need to abandon the obsession with hiring highpriced stars, and instead motivate ordinary people to build a great company and achieve extraordinary results. According to Dr. O'Reilly, companies should start with a set of values and a culture...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Developing time management skills can make all the difference with day-to-day care. Learning the importance of managing your tasks and stress level, while still delivering excellent care to each patient. Your staff will be more effective and productive after viewing this program.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
You know you should be meditating, so what's stopping you? This entertaining and enlightening book by the founder of Ziva Meditation will finally take meditation mainstream. Filled with fascinating real-life transformations, interactive exercises, and practical knowledge, Emily Fletcher introduces you to a relevatory daily practice and shows you how to make it work for your modern life.
15) Planning ahead
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Help children plan ahead by showing them how to prepare for the next day, build good habits, and prevent frustration. Pairs with the fiction title Jordan Is Ready"--
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Topics in this program include: recruitment, human resources, workforce, planning, selection, insurance and industry. Videos in this playlist include: --pt. 1: An Essential Guide to Recruitment & Selection. Recruitment should be seen not just as a process of filling vacancies, but as a part of workforce planning generally. The first stage in filling a vacancy is to define the vacancy the job description. The selection procedure varies from simply...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
An effective leader must be prepared to offer timely and honest feedback, both to employees and to other members of the management team. Whether positive or negative, such input shows concern for the growth of each individual. David Bradford examines what it takes to have a "feedback rich" organization, while an effective leader must be prepared to offer timely and honest feedback, both to employees and to other members of the management team. Whether...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
How can companies ensure that IT services are directed and optimized to implement critical business objectives? Wendell Jones of Cutter Consortium helps IT managers cope with what has become one of the most difficult -- yet exciting -- jobs in any organization. The program describes techniques that will help IT managers think and communicate like business executives, build relationships with key stakeholders, manage suppliers and providers, achieve...
Author
Publisher
HarperBusiness
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
There is an epidemic of unhappiness in the American workplace. A full 70 percent of workers in the United States report that they are disengaged from their jobs. When asked, "Do you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day?" only 20 percent of nearly 2 million employees said yes. It is no wonder that 56 percent of all Americans dream of starting their own business. So why don't they do so? Because starting one's own business is seen as...
Series
Accounting and finance clips volume 2
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
v. 1. How does a business choose between different sources of finance? Is it always better to get money from inside the company than get an overdraft or loan or to sell shares in the firm? And what are the pros and cons of selling assets to raise finance? --v. 2. Divine Chocolate found its funding in a novel way - by giving an ownership stake to the cocoa farmers which supply its beans. This source of finance fits well with the fair trade company's...
In MnLINK
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Plum Creek Library System can be requested from other MnLINK libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.